A private golfing partnership located in northwest Chester County, Pennsylvania, Stonewall was conceived 18 years ago by golf enthusiasts who longed for golf in its purest form-without tee times or restrictions; where players are encouraged to walk the course.
Rather than another good country club, Stonewall was conceived as a golf club with excellent courses that would be available for Partners whenever they wanted to play; challenging for the superior player while manageable for the average one. What Stonewall is not, is as perhaps just as important as what it is. The vision was simple. A quiet, unpretentious walking-only course in the countryside where one wouldn't have to worry about a full tee sheet or encroaching development.
Tha facilities at Stonewall now include two eighteen hole championship golf courses, each with practice facilities, two golf houses with overnight accomodations, a golf shop and resturant facilities.
The courses, both designed by Tom Doak and his company Renaissance Golf, complement each other in a way each offers a different approach to the game. The Old Course, with more demanding shot values and an emphasis on driving accuracy and distance, compelents the North Course, which requires a more exacting short game. The Old Course is generally a walking only golf course. The North Course, while encouraging the use of caddies, allows golf carts.
Stonewall's Old Course has been ranked as low as 60th in Golf Magazine's top 100 golf courses in the United States, while the North Course was voted one of the top 10 best new courses in the country by "The Golfer" magazinein 2005. Both have been widely accepted by both local and national golf communities. The Old Course has hosted a number of prestigious events since its opening in July 1993 including the Pennsylvania Open, the Philadelphia Amateur and the Philadelphia Open. The North Course, opened in August of 2003, has hosted the Mary Farnum Cup for the Women's Golf Association of Philadelphia and the Jack Connolly Invitational in 2005.
A truly unique golfing experience set among a very private collection of rolling hills and farmlands, with breathtaking vistas of the surrounding area, Stonewall confidently stands among the most prestigious golf venues in the region.
